Enola gay tibbets

Condition: Fine. Owner personalization on front pastedown. Enola Gay Tibbets was the daughter of Alfred Allen Haggard and Mary Lavina Wareham. He is best known as the aircraft captain who flew the B Superfortress known as the Enola Gay (named after his mother) when it dropped a Little Boy, the first of two atomic bombs used in warfare, on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

Very Good in a Near Fine dust jacket. Used - Hardcover Condition: Fine. The minimum price must be lower than or match the maximum price. On December 20, , in Carroll, Iowa, Enola married Paul Warfield Tibbets. Tibbets enlisted in the United States Army in and qualified as a pilot in Enola Gay Tibbets was the daughter of Alfred Allen Haggard and Mary Lavina Wareham.

First Edition Signed. On December 20, , in Carroll, Iowa, Enola married Paul Warfield Tibbets. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Paul W. Published by Mid Coast Publishing, Ohio, First Edition; First Printing. Paul Tibbets, the pilot of the B bomber Enola Gay that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, died Thursday at his home in Columbus, Ohio after suffering a number of health problems.

She married Paul Warfield Tibbetts Sr on 20 December , in Carroll, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He was. Tibbets, Paul W. Contact seller. She lived in Miami, Miami-Dade, Florida, United States in and Dade, Florida, United States in Learn about the life and career of Paul Tibbets, the pilot of the B Superfortress that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in Read how he became a remarkable aviator, a leader, and a controversial figure in history.

To me, it meant putting an end to the fighting and the consequent loss of lives. Enola and Paul had children: Paul Warfield and Barbara Ann. The Enola Gay, a B Bomber piloted by her son and the first aircraft to drop the atomic bomb, was named after her. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs.

Used - Hardcover. On Aug. 6, , the th fulfilled its destiny when the B "Enola Gay" piloted by Colonel Tibbets dropped the first atomic bomb and destroyed Hiroshima, Japan. Van Kirk and author Paul W. Tibbets on 2nd front free end page. Dust Jacket Condition: As New.

Signed by Author s. First edition of Tibbets' account of the bombing of Hiroshima. Enola and Paul had children: Paul Warfield and Barbara Ann. The Enola Gay, a B Bomber piloted by her son and the first aircraft to drop the atomic bomb. Only use numbers for the minimum and maximum price.

Likewise, I have been asked in letters and to my face if I was not conscious stricken for the loss of life I caused by dropping the first atomic bomb. In fact, I viewed my mission as one to save lives rather than take them. Rare and desirable. The intervening years has brought me many letters and personal contacts with individuals who maintain that they would not be alive if it had not been for what I did.